Missouri Military Academy (MMA) hosted the Missouri State Raiders Championship on Saturday, Oct. 23. A precursor to the ROTC collegiate level ranger competition, raiders is a military-style …
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Missouri Military Academy (MMA) hosted the Missouri State Raiders Championship on Saturday, Oct. 23. A precursor to the ROTC collegiate level ranger competition, raiders is a military-style competition conducted with an eight-man team. The one-day event includes a 5K road march, raider challenge course, physical team test (PTT), and gauntlet course, one-rope bridge, and obstacle course.
A total of 12 high schools, fielding 21 teams, from Missouri, Illinois and Wisconsin participated in the competition. Out of 14 male teams, MMA’s Colonels Raiders team one took fourth place overall in the competition and the Colonels Raiders team two finished fifth. MMA Cadet Bryson Powell, a junior from Brighton, Colo., came in first in the single-person ultimate raider event with a time of 5:17 — an entire 21 seconds ahead of the second place competitor.
MMA raiders team one finished with third place in gauntlet, seventh place for one-rope bridge, second place for obstacle course, third place in the 5K, fourth place in the raider challenge course, and fourth place for the PTT. Team one members included the following:
MMA team two finished in fifth place overall. They finished with second place in gauntlet, third place for one-rope bridge, third place for obstacle course, fifth place in the 5K, seventh place in the raider challenge course, and seventh place for the PTT. Team two members included the following:
MMA Raiders are coached by SFC John Biddle.
